Month: December 2015

After a year of planning, demolition and construction, the new Calgary Buddhist Temple is finally complete. The Bridgeland location dates back to the early 1920s when it stood as the Croatian Catholic Church. It became the Calgary Buddhist Centre in 1981 – until now it maintained old relics . The rebuilt cost the centre $2…

Died Eldar Ryazanov (1927-2015). Here it is, his own poem about this event: “In old park of hospital building, Made of brick and of simple design… Pity as I did not learn praying, And did not believe in miracle of mine. Behind my window the fall’s in blossom, Foliage to fall, soon cover with snow….